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Nainen minussa by Britney Spears

99 reviews

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

#FreeBritney 
This poor girl. After reading this, I hate parts of our legal system even more than I already did!

Also, if you love pop culture, especially the music industry in the early 2000s, you’ll be as fascinated by the first half of the book as I was!

This book is just proof that most men suck. Especially rich ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Abortion, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Confinement, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content

kelly_e's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

3.25

Title: The Woman in Me
Author: Britney Spears
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.25
Pub Date: October 24, 2023

T H R E E • W O R D S

Brave • Chaotic • Halfhearted

📖 S Y N O P S I S

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

💭 T H O U G H T S

I was a pre-teen when Britney's first album dropped in 1999 and I remember getting the album the following Christmas and listening to it on repeat. However, my interest was short lived and it ended up being the only one of her albums I owned. Despite not following her career closely, I still knew I wanted to read this memoir.

While I can empathize with Britney's story, The Woman in Me lacked depth. She has gone through her fair share of trauma and struggle, revealing some heavy truths within. Yet because she kept thing very surface level, these reveals felt like shock value additions more than a part of the healing process. I can imagine it took tremendous courage putting her story out into the world and I hope it was therapeutic for her. However as a reader, the writing was so chaotic, reading more like a diary than a well-crafted memoir.

With all of that said, what this book did offer me was insight into the behind-the-scenes world of music, as well as the enduring power of music in healing. I also greatly appreciated her devotion to her children, something the mainstream media has certainly left out.

At the end of the day, I am glad to have picked this up and listened to it. However, it was the deep emotional memoir I was so hoping for. I hope the writing process was a healing part of her journey to taking back control of her life. But when I got to the end, I got the sense she still has a long ways to go.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• die-hard Britney fans
• celebrity memoir enthusiasts

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Music stopped the noise, made me feel confident, and took me to a pure place of expressing myself exactly as I wanted to be seen and heard. Singing took me into the presence of the divine."

"If no one is used to you being assertive, they get very freaked out when you start speaking your mind." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Addiction, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Abortion, Miscarriage, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Bullying, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Infidelity

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Body shaming, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cursing, Bullying, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

plumpeony's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, and Pregnancy

miranda_is_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.75

I’ve been a Britney fan since I was a child. It was easy to remember all the times she was referencing throughout the book. But, it was sad to realize how even though she was thriving to the outside world, she was hurting so much inside and being mistreated by so many adults and family members in her life. This was a good book. I would recommend it to all Britney fans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Eating disorder, Medical content, Miscarriage, Death, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pregnancy

aileron's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Abortion, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief, Fatphobia, Bullying, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident

takahapa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Abortion, and Body shaming

keirahelena_'s review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, and Suicide

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This is so heartbreaking. I can't believe how people can be this cruel because of selfish reasons. 

Her story broke me. I'm a woman and a mother, too, so I can only imagine how hard it must have been to take her children away from her. 

The gaslighting was harsh and it made my blood boil. What horrible things people can do because of money is beyond me. The point where her dad said that he was Britney Spears at that point gave me chills. 

Her life was difficult to say the least. Her faith in humanity is tested a lot of times and it might not have been easy when the people who are supposed to love her are the ones who caused her pain. 

Nonetheless, I'm glad that she got her power and freedom back. She's living her life now. I hope she's truly happy more than ever. 

P. S. I love her song "Lucky" when I was in elementary school and that piece of music is fun and sad at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Violence, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Slavery, Grief, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, and Gaslighting

ahopper7's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

The book itself is not well written, however, I do feel like listening to it on audio helps the book read better. With Michelle Williams, the conversational style of the book comes through more clearly. With that said, this was still a powerful book, because it’s what Britney chose to use to tell her story. It’s worth the read for anyone who was or is a fan of Spears, it reminds us there is a human behind the celebrity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Self harm, Alcoholism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Car accident